Archive for Gnostic Affirmations

Modern Day Arians

Gnostic Affirmations

In this very thorough article, Josh McDowell & Don Stewart evaluate the central tenets of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, and identify the Arian roots of their doctrines. The article also includes a very helpful glossary of terms at the end. History Officially known as the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, the Jehovah’s Witnesses are a product [...]

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Docetism & Muhammed

Gnostic Affirmations

Docetism is derived from the Greek dokeo, “to seem.” It is the erroneous belief that Christ only seemed to be human, that He did not really have a body of human flesh. It denied the Incarnation; Christ did not really have Mary as His mother according to the flesh. It was one of the first [...]

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Nestorius’ Second Epistle to Cyril of Alexandria

Gnostic Affirmations

It’s time to introduce our new feature: Gnostic Affirmations. We are using the term ‘gnostic’ here to refer not to the whole of Gnostic doctrine, but more generally to identify the gnostic undercurrent of all false teaching. This feature presents an opportunity to examine a piece of heretical theology for the instructional-apologetic value it may [...]

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